I think this is a deliberate attempt to get the focus off health care.
I fully agree. The Obumbler leaves for vacation and demands a press blackout (can I say that? Probably not.) while Holder
independently orders this. The strategy is terrible (& scares the piss out of me should some real incident happen) as it already failed earlier in the year. It failed in public opinion arena and will fail again. It will laast less than a few days all the while the HellCare protests keep going strong.
The only positive for team Obumbles is that it will take the heat off of how poorly managed his domestic policy is being conducted by demonstrating that the smarterest president ever is even more incompetent in in foreignpolicy and self-defense.